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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the girl in Cedric's Richard Wright study group?
(a) Judy Holliday.
(b) Maura Wooley.
(c) Chiniqua Milligan.
(d) Sonya Garza.

2. What bothers Cedric about the teacher in the class he observes?
(a) The teacher keeps sending Cedric on pointless errands.
(b) The teacher will not talk to Cedric.
(c) Does not know the subject matter.
(d) Writes the kids off without giving them a chance.

3. Who teaches History of Education?
(a) Professor Tom James.
(b) Professor Andrew Phillips.
(c) Professor Thomas Dobson.
(d) Professor David Abernathy.

4. What does Cedric do on Saturday nights the first month at college?
(a) Go to parties.
(b) Do things with Chiniqua.
(c) Laundry.
(d) Hang out with his roommate.

5. What island has Cedric never heard of?
(a) Mackinaw Island.
(b) Staten Island.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Ellis Island.

6. What does Cedric smell everywhere at Ballou on Alumni Day?
(a) Despair.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Trash.
(d) Body odor.

7. What does a middle manager at the Department of Agriculture say when Barbara tells him Cedric is at Brown?
(a) Asks if Cedric is on an athletic scholarship.
(b) Makes a disrespectful comment.
(c) Says she is lying.
(d) Says he will not last long.

8. Who tells Rob that he and Cedric would have probably been friends if they had not been roommates?
(a) Chiniqua.
(b) Zayd.
(c) His friend Caroline.
(d) Billy Mosberg.

9. What teacher from Cedric's high school comes up to Brown?
(a) Ms. Nelson.
(b) Dr. Jones.
(c) Mr. Washington.
(d) Mr. Taylor.

10. Where do Zayd and Cedric go shopping after they become friends again in "A Place Up Ahead"?
(a) Popular Club.
(b) The mall.
(c) Sam Goody's.
(d) Eastside Market.

11. What grade does Cedric get on his calculus mid-term?
(a) 98.
(b) 55.
(c) 89.
(d) 30.

12. What are Zayd Dohrn's parents occupations?
(a) Lawyer and professor.
(b) Own a restaurant.
(c) Doctors.
(d) Engineer and professor.

13. How does Cedric's mother travel to Providence for parent's weekend?
(a) Rides with another parent.
(b) Rents a car.
(c) By bus.
(d) By train.

14. Where does Cedric go after Thanksgiving dinner?
(a) Back to Brown.
(b) To Harvard to see friends from the M.I.T. program.
(c) To see LaTisha.
(d) To visit his father.

15. What does Cedric write for his mid-term paper in Wakeford's class?
(a) A poem.
(b) A fifty-page term paper.
(c) A twelve-page term paper.
(d) A two-page term paper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rob get that helps with the music problem in the dorm room?

2. Where does Cedric take Chiniqua out to eat in April?

3. What do students whose parents cannot come for parents' weekend do?

4. Where is Cedric Gilliam going the day after Cedric's visit?

5. Where do Cedric and his family eat dinner during parents' weekend?

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